Livingston South (ward)
Livingston South is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors. In April 2020, Peter Johnson retired from West Lothian Council triggering a by-election, however the election has been postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK[2].
Location of the ward [1]
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Peter Johnson (SNP) |
John Muir (SNP) |
Danny Logue (Labour) |
Lawrence Fitzpatrick (Labour) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Moira Shemilt (SNP) |
Peter Heggie (Conservative) | ||||||
Election Results
2017 Election
2017 West Lothian Council election [3]
| Livingston South - 4 seats[4] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | ||
| Labour | Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent) | 27.12% | 2,228 | ||||||||
| SNP | Peter Johnston (incumbent) | 20.69% | 1,700 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Peter Heggie | 19.40% | 1,594 | 1,673 | |||||||
| SNP | Moira Shemilt | 13.02% | 1,070 | 1,109 | 1,151 | 1,151 | 1,169 | 1,268 | 1,827 | ||
| Labour | Danny Logue (incumbent) | 8.41% | 691 | 1,080 | 1,083 | 1,091 | 1,137 | 1,216 | 1,241 | ||
| SNP | Annmargaret Watson | 7.17% | 589 | 593 | 598 | 599 | 602 | 620 | |||
| Scottish Green | Jayne Glass | 2.44% | 200 | 221 | 223 | 225 | 275 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jill Pattle | 1.75% | 144 | 154 | 155 | 160 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 8,216 Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,644 Turnout: 46.3% | |||||||||||
2012 Election
2012 West Lothian Council election [5]
| Livingston South - 4 seats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | ||
| Labour | Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent) | 34.89 | 2,395 | |||||||
| SNP | Peter Johnston (incumbent) | 24.34 | 1,671 | |||||||
| Labour | Danny Logue (incumbent) | 13.01 | 893 | 1,631.7 | ||||||
| SNP | John Muir (incumbent) | 11.92 | 818 | 867.1 | 966.2 | 986 | 1,015.6 | 1,534.4 | ||
| SNP | John Lindsay | 5.84 | 401 | 444.9 | 603.8 | 622.1 | 648.5 | |||
| Conservative | Nick Davis | 5.45 | 374 | 425.2 | 428.8 | 448.9 | ||||
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | Derreck Allen McCullough | 4.55 | 312 | 376.9 | 392.4 | 458.9 | 679.3 | 731.3 | ||
| Electorate: 16,441 Valid: 6,864 Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,373 Turnout: 6,937 (41.75%) | ||||||||||
2007 Election
2007 West Lothian Council election
| West Lothian Council election, 2007: Livingston South | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Labour | Lawrence Fitzpatrick | 2,584 | 30.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Peter Johnson | 2,543 | 30.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Labour | Danny Logue | 1,081 | 12.7 | 3 | 3 | |
| SNP | John Muir | 879 | 10.4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Conservative | Marion Kerr | 527 | 6.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Evan Bell | 420 | 4.9 | |||
| Independent | Eddie Anderson | 341 | 4.0 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Mary Kerr | 115 | 1.4 | |||
References
- "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- Sommerville, Stuart (2020-04-14). "West Lothian councillor retires after 35 years service". Daily Record. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017%5B%5D
- https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13919/Ward-4-Livingston-South-2017-Results
- https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/48645/Previous-Election-Results
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